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How Heather became a nuclear advocate - it's not as simple as you think

Heather's story, as told by KQED/NPR. If you have 20 minutes, give it a listen!

 As an environmentalist, Heather Hoff (Matteson) was pretty sure she was against nuclear power. It’s how she was raised to think. But when she starts working in the bowels of a nuclear reactor, she begins questioning what she knows and where her allegiances lie.
Heather is heading deep into a decades-old conflict but one where old battle lines are changing. The reason is climate change. Environmentalists are being forced to reconsider it, after decades of protesting against it. And the flashpoint for this is the last nuclear power plant running in California, which could soon be shut down. It’s also where Heather works.